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The Chinese Wall is a large escarpment located in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area in Montana. While definitions of the length of the wall vary (to up to forty miles) the part of the wall that is most well defined and continuous is about twelve miles long. [ 1 ]
"The Bob", as it is known by locals and nicknamed by the U.S. Forest Service employees, ranges in altitudes of 4,000 to more than 9,000 feet (1,220 to 2750 m). [1] A long escarpment known as the Chinese Wall averages 1,000 feet (300 m) high from its base and extends for 22 miles (35 km). [1]
The Chinese Wall in the Bob Marshall Wilderness is a 1,000 ft (300 m) high feature that runs for 40 miles (64 km). Major passes include Marias Pass and Logan Pass which bisects Glacier National Park east to west.
Chinese Wall (Idaho), a peak in the White Cloud Mountains, Idaho; Chinese Wall (Montana), a 1,000 foot high, 15-mile long escarpment along the Continental Divide in the Bob Marshall Wilderness, Montana; Chinese Wall, a former stone viaduct and barrier on the site of the current Penn Center, Philadelphia
Chinese Wall is a 22-mile (35 km) long, 1,000-foot (300 m) tall escarpment located in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex. [9] Big Creek Ranger Station is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Coram Experimental Forest is an 800-acre (3.2 km 2) experimental western larch forest located in the Flathead National Forest.
The Chinese Wall looms over the CDT in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area (8 July 2017). Many hikers begin or end their journey at Waterton Lake , 4 miles (6.4 km) inside Canada. Leaving the Idaho/Montana border, the Montana portion of the CDT is 627 miles (1,009 km) in length although several alternate routes shorten or lengthen that distance.
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Shaded and colored image from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission—shows an elevation model of New Zealand's Alpine Fault running about 500 km (300 mi) long. The escarpment is flanked by a chain of hills squeezed between the fault and the mountains of New Zealand's Southern Alps.